Here is my before and after of the snail and boots. The snail actually looks worse in terms of proportions since i messed up the first very rough outline at the start. I can do better. Before: After: Before: After:

1st attempt. Help appreciated.

I did the snail and boots photos for the boots the area I found hardest were the laces and fitting them where they were supposed to go, but I am happy with how they look like they are in perspective for the snail I was quite happy with how the lines turned out but then I got a bit too excited added some details and it ended up looking pretty messy but I at least took a picture before I went all in

I think my drawings pre demo were trying to make it more complex than it needed to be. Falling for the trap of "it's gonna have detail otherwise is not good". I also found myself erasing waaay to much, even the construction lines just to give me an idea of the placement of the shapes. I tried to be more aware of all these after watching the demo. I was trying to be more aware of less is more when it comes to simplifying the subject - the second snail seems a bit more messy but I got it done much quicker than the first attempt. I don't think it is necessarily a "rushed" attempt I wanted to give it a go to the camel while taking into account everything I learned from the demos. I think I got away with it, the proportion of the head is definitely off but I am happy with it.

What do you think? What I have to improve?

It took me a while to even tackle the project but I ended up with this. Gotta be honest, I won’t do a second attempt after watching the demo. I opted to simplify spots where material was thicker by using thicker lines/black spots (like unter the sole).

It’s hard to keep it simple, especially the boots

Here go my CSIs. All after demos. The laces, oh my...

This was much harder then the snail the laces really got me tripped up.

The snail felt very unsatisfying, I felt at a loss of what to do but I guess I did it right.

Here is my second attempt at the boots. Interesting to see the two together

Boots in graphite. The laces are very challenging. Keep practicing. Critiques welcome. ✌️

hard time with this as I wasn't expecting such a challenge this early on. hard to reign yourself in and focus on the CSI method for the contour lines instead of adding detail. Not happy with the proportions but will keep practicing.

Here is my before & after the demo. I can’t even tell you how free I felt while sketching and sticking to the project requirements: lines/outlines using the CSI method. Watching the demo helped me a lot, I tend to get stuck in the details, and being able to limiting myself to just lines this time felt really good. I was able to look at the whole picture, simplify using shapes and mostly straight lines. I spent half the time I had spent working on the drawings before the demo. I know proportions are a little bit off in the boots drawing, but I tried to focus on my lines and simplify as much as I could. This time I feel I sketched with more freedom . However, I feel a lot of insecurity when making my lines, but I know confidence and confident lines will come with practice. I would appreciate any constructive feedback you can give me.

Tried my best to create the so-called confident lines. But fell short of the expectation sometimes because I was impulsively thinking too hard about the 3D dimensions lol, I should've focused more on the lines instead. And I couldn't help but tried to hide the messy shoelaces with some shading. Regardless, it is very great practice for me. Feel free to leave feedbacks or suggestions. Thank you!

had a real hard time with this one, when Stan the man said that the emphasis was on line confidence and not proportions, it changed how im going to do the next one. Also, skipped the snail.... planning on going back and trying at least one of the boots again

These were my attempts, with the single boot being after watching the demo. Damn the laces ! (and I still messed up matching the proper hole even after watching the demo)

It's kind of encouraging that you also messed up matching the laces to their proper holes. Guess I'm not alone.

One particular aspect I struggled with on the boots was my tendency to jump into details. Watching the critique videos showed me the benefits of the sketch